The voice of construction SMEs in Europe

What the construction sector needs to ensure more and better apprenticeships: EBC’s recommendations

The construction sector generally suffers from a lack of qualified labour. On one hand, the economic crisis that hit construction also had a deep impact on the skills in the sector. On the other hand, employment is forecast to increase by 3.9% between 2013 and 2025 across the EU, mainly due to the need to replace employees leaving the sector.

The challenges will therefore be to ensure the training of an adequate number of new entrants to take over from retiring professionals and upskill the existing workforce.